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To ALL WHoM 1T MAY coNoERN:

R. E. CURTIS, `OF GREAT BEND, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent No. 77,175., dated April 28, 1868.

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13e it known that I, R. E. CURTIS, of Great Bend, in the county of Susquehanna, and State of Pennsylvania,`ha.ve'invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe Manufacture of Cutlery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accom; panying drawings, lnaking part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is aperspective view,

Figure 2 a transverse section,

Figure 3 a longitudinal section, and

Figure 4 a view of the improvement when applied vto a. knife, fork, or other article of cutlery.

Similar letters of reference-indicate corresponding lparts in the several figures.

This invention relates to the manner of making a bolster for cutlery, and Afastening the same to the shank of the blade, v I

The bolster A is madefin two parts, one Ahall` of vwhich is shown in figs. 1, 2,and 3. In ig.`1 the: part A.Y is shown attached to the shank or handle K, the part B projectingsufficiently to form a brace to the blade, and

to be brazed to the blade. A cavity, isleft at S, for the reception of the shoulder b, upon the scale H of thehandle.

When kthe scales of the handle H H are placed upon the shank K,'lwith the shoulder b fitting into the cavity or socket S, theymay be secured by oneor more rivets, asiat t t. By hrazing the vbolster upon the shank of the knife, I avoid putting rivets through the mainpart of the bolster, lleaving the tenon upon the end of the scale entirely whole. v

This method ofsecnring'and forming the bolster and sides ofthe handles allows a smooth nish to be put upon the article of cutlery, and being cheaper and more substantial, is believed to be preferableto anything now' in use. l I

What Il claim as my invention, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is-' As a. new article of manufacture,knves or'forks constructed substantially'as-desc'rihed.

R. E. CURTIS.

- Witnesses:

JAMnsF. Donau, Taos. HnnLnY, Jr. 

